ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF (Zero Punctuation)

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[@rainydaze3589]

I remember a one time a frog had challenged me to a fishing competition. I went to the pond and caught him a frog. He didn't even blink

[@nullpoint3346]

He knows he's nothing like the one you brought him.

[@acoin1116]

@@nullpoint3346 Yeah, I mean when's the last time you had an existential crisis after looking at a chimpanzee? I feel like it would actually be really offensive to them to insinuate that some simple, instinct driven creature that superficially resembles them is one of their family members. But then if you've played New Leaf you start to see the boundaries of their intellect pretty quickly.

[@nullpoint3346]

@@acoin1116 Are implying humanity is somehow better?

[@omegaphoneofjesus]

@@nullpoint3346 guys...it's just Animal Crossing.

[@omegaphoneofjesus]

@@manderic5436 😂😂😂

[@Styrofoamism]

My sides hurt from laughing. No one understands Animal Crossing. Even the ones who love Animal Crossing,

[@Spencinator_]

nice profile pic

[@joemama-vb4rs]

Styrofoamism pic profile nice

[@guardingdark2860]

Why _do_ people like Animal Crossing? Maybe that's just not my genre, but it looks like a particularly boring series to me...no offense.

[@ultimateninjaboi]

as a big AC fan, I can vouch for this.

[@hinasakukimi]

+Bel-Shamharoth it's calming af and slowly building up your town can be really satisfying. you can also get really attached to some villagers and it's heartbreaking if they leave, the sense of community can be really strong as you just go about each day doing odd little things here and there. so its... kind of a town simulator? i guess that's the best way to describe it. it helps a lot of gamers who have anxiety and depression. it's not a game about losing or failing, it's just a game about living.

[@nadroj-oz6nk]

"Existence with nothing to strive for is no existence at all. A life free of debt? You naive fool! DEBT IS YOUR LIFE!" there's something very bone chilling in this idea...

[@RookieREX]

welcome to the 21st century

[@Gboy86ify]

This entire video is just Yahtzee denying the fact that he liked Animal Crossing.

[@megamegatron99]

he said that he does like it, the vibe i get is: if this game was a human and they were both in an anime universe, Yahtzee would say to the game "It's not like I like you or anything"

[@devilpooljared7469]

You forgot: "b-b-b-b-b-b-bb--b BAKA!"

[@jamesoren7238]

You must not admit it for it shall consume you. Freedom is in the denial. New Leaf is my first Animal crossing - it was 70% off, so seemed a bargain for what is a well reviewed Nintendo title. It turned out that was just Nintendo's equivalent of giving free samples of weed outside high schools. Honestly I was only saved by owning it on cart and not being arsed to keep switching them over - people who bought this as digital download probably haven't been seen for a few months.

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

Bi$harp I think you're missing the point. He's saying that, to him, the game is really addicting but not in an enjoyable way.

[@Gboy86ify]

Carlos *pst* No one likes people who analyze jokes.

[@MsAbixxx]

"Give me bells! I'm in deep to the racoon mob!" Haha, that is basically Nook in a sentence. I do like Animal Crossings but why the hell do I have to pay for EVERYTHING out of my own bloody pocket? I'm decreasing the butterfly population because Limberg wants a fucking Zen Garden! DX

[@PokeBallZSack]

Oh god my ribs! XD

[@NamelessPlayerOfficial]

HA HA i don't get it (joke)

[@krsynx]

Because he pays for your house in advance? As well as other things and while you go out spending it on new furniture and whatnot, he's got orphanages to feed.

[@Catasros]

"the fossil's'll grow back tomorrow" . . . what?

[@XShadOBabeX]

Have you ever played animal crossing? Everyday you can dig up a few fossils that you can sell or donate the in-game museum. New ones "grow back" everyday.

[@Catasros]

***** I don't need to play it to know that it's a collect-a-thon matter, obviously the fossils'll grow back in order to let you do it again. I'm just pointing out the hilarity of the joke ;)

[@HarmonicWave]

I think it's more that as the ground settles over time new fossils become visible on the surface so you can dig them up. Ya know, like when it rains it washes away some of the dirt and reveals cracks in the ground where fossils have been all along.

[@three-bark1928]

Murder is a very common occurrence in animal crossing y'know, you actually start out with 20000 fellow neighbor

[@Rycluse]

"A life without debt? YOU NAIVE FOOL. DEBT IS YOUR LIFE" Damn. Pencil that one in as one of the bleakest things Yahtzee's ever said

[@ashessakura7518]

Thing is, I’m playing New Horizons and the second one debt was cleared I was immediately talking to Tom Nook to put myself in MORE debt! Why?? So I had a reason to turn the game back on and that is bloody bleak

[@scaper12123]

The AC: New Horizons review is going to be interesting with 7 years of hindsight

[@LiveLXStudios]

scaper12123 If anything it’s just as relevant to the new one.

[@br3aking366]

there doesn't even need to be another review. this is already perfect.

[@lissaquon607]

As someone from The Future - the comment about AC being popular in WW1 foxholes is doubly true now that we are all sitting around trying not to spread plague.

[@PaulFillmoreIII]

@@lissaquon607 I'd go as far as to call it a prediction.

[@Nojical]

Once I watch one Punctuation Zero video, I have to force myself to stop. These are so fucking addicting.

[@xSwordLilyx]

And so little supply. The opposite of solvents. Honest, it's for the best.

[@unknownanonymous2651]

I know..... it's like cracke laced LSD coating a block of heroin mixed with shrooms.... snorted, smoked, injected, and eaten simultaneously.

[@Magitroopa]

Same here XD

[@frankreed7560]

Ageed

[@B3rz_]

stop. my penis can only get so erect

[@TsukiKage21]

I've bought and played every single Animal Crossing ever made, ever since my brother introduced it to me. *Don't* *Do* *It*

[@Techhunter_Talon]

Played the first for about a month. Stopped. Why? OH MEH GERD! TORCHLIGHT AND WRITING RANDOM SHIT!!! (Yes that was all done with the shift key because caps lock is for lazy people. Also got Torchlight for Christmas and it's been the funnest game I have ever played.)

[@themysteriousfigure0]

You don't like the game?

[@TsukiKage21]

No I love the game. And that's why I'm warning others because it's so addictive XD

[@TreyDobe]

KagedBird It looks really, really boring to me, just don't understand what's so great about it

[@TsukiKage21]

Joseph Murray It's the factor of responsibility. Most people (majorly women) have a need to take care of another, or look after, and possibly communicate with another being; human, animal, imaginary friend, etc. Animal Crossing supplies that need and then some, as it is a game, passes time, and gives "exciting" 'good job!'s. Honestly, like Yahtzee puts it, you're either really bored and have nothing to do, or "you do it to yourself, ba dow dow, and that's what really hurts".

[@adderrson]

Animal Crossing - Forever a Loan

[@MCHellshit]

I get it

[@jecjoker]

About 4 minutes in I realized that he wasn't taking everything to the "porn shop" but to the "pawn shop". Man do I need sleep...

[@ourworldahead5475]

SAME! I must say I was confused. I didn't get the joke. Now you just explained it for me. Thank you.

[@tommyscott8511]

Funnily enough, that exact same misunderstanding made my mother take Dead Rising 2 away from me as a kid.

[@Epilon]

Yahtzee prophetically explaining why animal crossing is so popular during quarentine

[@TS6815]

Yahtz calling Cooking Mama "the video game equivalent of solvent abuse" is just tickling

[@LucianTheBlaze]

"Don't start playing Animal Crossing-" *looks down, sees he's playing Animal Crossing* Well fuck.

[@CplYakob]

"Would you like some tea FROM YOURSELF." Oh God, my sides!

[@99percenthotgas]

i think that bit about living for debt summarizes student loans perfectly

[@baroncosmos6545]

Ikr

[@chivazrigol]

+Schlomo Kikestein Except for the part where it replaces your dreams, ambitions and aspirations.

[@JetfireQuasar]

+Schlomo Kikestein also except student loans are NOT debt... well not in the traditional sense, its a tax paid like a tax and is treated as a tax, it's a LOAN in name only

[@xSwordLilyx]

+Jetfire/Quasar How is something you must pay back not a debt? It's not like they'll just say ok,fine if you don't pay. They'llcome to collect.

[@Nojical]

+emurphy66 You really only have to pay it back if you're not in college. However, since everything is so damn expensive, you won't have the money once you're out of college (unless you found a job)

[@msthecommentator2863]

Animal Crossing has a similar idea to liking it as Yahtzee has said about Minecraft: You have to find yourself a project to fully enjoy the experience.

[@bogumilaczwakiel5579]

MsTheCommentator e

[@damagejackal10]

One of my favorite things to do in Animal Crossing was to draw a giant dick shaped star constellation in the sky, so all the townsfolk could tell me how much they admired it!

[@Professorsammich]

Take it easy, Archimedes

[@TheJovian16]

lol

[@anycompnat02555]

"A life free of debt? You naive fool, Debt IS your life!" XD

[@hamsterdoom360]

When I'm not watching Zero Punctuation for entertainment, I watch it to improve my speed reading and listening comprehension.

[@sajanpatel4956]

hamsterdoom360 Are you not a native English speaker? Because if you have trouble understanding this and speak English, I’d be worried.

[@RobertAniFreak]

Love the end with the joke about "Whale Shark's" XD

[@guguy00]

Best part is whale sharks can be found on the Island ALL YEAR ROUND.

[@yujyuu]

Even today, I still remember the quote, "A life without debt? You naive fool! DEBT IS YOUR LIFE!"

[@KeiferLirette]

"Radiohead put it best: 'You do it to yourself (ba dow dow) and that's what really hurts.'"

[@danielplainview2584]

Keifer Lirette YOU DO IT TO YOURSELF, JUST YOU

[@Jacksonrox13]

+Daniel Plainview AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY HURTS

[@ezrablock3218]

+Keifer Lirette I love the ba dow dow bit.

[@ryanoat]

@@Zaurthur just

[@rickyyoung]

@@Zaurthur follow it up with Uno by Muse

[@danbagon924]

Funny thing is that this reminded me I need to do my daily Animal Crossing stuff.

[@dakotamabry1645]

Just finished mine for today

[@possummindmurder7532]

You get the whale shark after 7pm at the island if anyone didn't know. Spend a hour at that damn island and you get atleast 200,000+ bells, depends if you have the bell bloom ordinance.

[@Nojical]

You can do that, or sell Golden Beetles or Hercules Beetles on the same island

[@Roberto-mm4gr]

J Prez the gyroid outside the shack will let you borrow tools :)

[@BlazieTiger]

You can try to play furniture Tetris, but about a minute in a random villager will barge into your house and won't leave until you leave your own home or satisfy whatever amount of social interaction they require. They really should fix that in future titles, like an ability to lock your door or put the villagers who have annoyed you on spikes on your front lawn to ward others away.

[@DanaTheInsane]

I want the spikes, or a place to bury the bodies.

[@DanaTheInsane]

Man I was angry.....

[@ChargingPirates]

I only played the original, but I found that what actually was the most exciting for me wasn't the random encounters, having the best furniture, paying off my debts or even the villagers. It was the museum. Donating stuff to the museum was my purpose in life, specifically the dinosaurs. I LOVED the dinosaurs.

[@TheItuber]

Got here thanks to CGPGrey, He`s funny. AC really is like a blackhole, there is almost no way out. You want to go back but at the same time you want to know what is on the other side.

[@jasono8783]

Just like youtube,

[@Laika4895]

2:05 its been five years and i still can't get over the way he says "gimme more bells I'm in debt with the raccoon mob!"

[@hungrypikachu135]

That reminds me I haven't played Animal Crossing in a while O__________O *it steals your soul*

[@pengy6834]

if you dont check in soon they will murder you thwy did me

[@hungrypikachu135]

pengy6834 shit man well i guess i cant go back now

[@valentinayalalopez1682]

Almost as addictive as cigarettes

[@TDUShelby]

That last bit, about war games being less popular in closer proximity to actual war. Yeah. I've now gotten AC: New Horizons in wake of an encroaching viral outbreak, instead of getting Doom 5 the same day. Also, I AM RELAXED AS BUTTS!

[@aether3885]

Yeah I was thinking along the same lines, the pandemic definitely contributed to the success of New Horizons. It felt like a haven from the harsh reality we were(are) in, at least until the facade fell...

[@gabiquezada8640]

The fact that he mentioned crisis and animal crossing going hand in hand makes me realize New Horizons is literally a godsend

[@SnakeGodfromSaturn]

"Oh god why did I have to catch a fucking new kind of fish now I have to go all the way to the cunting museum again"

[@waitselljones8068]

This .... this is the most accurate review I think he's ever done.

[@duxnihilo]

4:51 explains the success of New Horizons amidst the Covid19 pandemic.

[@Flooberoid]

I don't like to make fun of accents, but in this case I have to. Animal Crossing would be so much more interesting if it were centered around the "Porn Shop."

[@Lab_Member_X]

What ever happened to the actual person who was supposed to be mayor? We steal the persons identity and assume their life but they never show up to call us out on it.

[@SigmaSyndicate]

0:11 I get the feeling Yahtzee has never read the Animorphs series.

[@linkno1]

I've gotten sick of this game to be honest and I'm going to stop playing it in 12 days when the hairdressers has opened...

[@SketchBookShortFilms]

That's what they all say...

[@linkno1]

***** No, I'm serious, once Tom Nook has finished the extension on my house, I'm done for good...

[@SketchBookShortFilms]

linkno1 Riiiight...you can stop when you want to...

[@TheBaldingPied]

you'll come back. they always come back~

[@linkno1]

I'm not joking guys. Once I've finished donating to the current Public Works Project, I'm finished with this game...

[@anotherpersonfromnorfolk1587]

I've never actually played Animal Crossing, because just like farmville, I thought it looked boring as shit. Although now I see I was right to avoid it. However, I can't get it out of my head that there's a group of animals out there, who are expecting *me* to show up one day and be their precious mayor.

[@ArisaArtisan]

Well, as a teenage female who likes cute things and has an anxiety disorder, this game is the best for me. It's cute, calming, very charming, and with all kinds of features (decorating your house, the town itself, qr codes, street pass with other players and get to see their houses in the showcase (you even get cute, special items like balloons and ice cream! aaah~ cuuuuuuUUUTE)) it makes it excessively fun to play. I guess you just have to need some relaxation time and have to like cute things to play this game. Also, you can't just look at this game as "you're forever in debt", you can, of course, take that in your own time and hands. Nook obviously does not care when you pay it off, he just wants you to be happy. It's your choice what you do in the game... you don't HAVE to do anything. lol

[@NicholasLaRosa0496]

0:12 I'd imagine that's how the character Kris feels in Deltarune.

[@wandererwerewolf477]

Pointless trivia: The first _Animal Crossing_ game, _Animal Forest_ , was actually for the N64. But it was only sold in Japan, so only Japanese people really know or care about it as a rule. (Except for buffs of pointless trivia, like me, of course.)

[@velvet-overgrowth689]

I'm a total nerd for Animal Crossing, but this guy is so funny and intelligent that I can easily overlook our difference in opinion. Subscribed.

[@Ward1706]

DEBT IS YOUR LIFE! Well, if you were born after about 1980, then yes: it is.

[@umiluv]

+Ben Ward That's my favorite line in this. So much truth in it. LOL

[@aquila4460]

Nahh, if you life in a reasonable country then not. My parents managed to pay of the debth for a new house in 20 years, a good chunk of those first with one then with two kids, and you can life debthless unless you behave like an idiot, or have bad luck^^

[@DanaTheInsane]

IE: not the US.

[@skalty9868]

Ben Ward or before 1890.

[@DanaTheInsane]

I was born in 1965. True for me as well.

[@Trygyl]

For those that want a dose of ZP Animal Crossing goodness, he did an article on his main site that's stylized like a diary of a man slowly descending into madness about the GC game

[@bigtank2185]

DON'T CARE! PORN SHOP! -my life

[@MrBlueSoup6]

*pawnshop

[@bigtank2185]

NordicBarnacle i was making a joke...

[@NyQuilDonut]

***** They probably thought you misinterpreted the word because of his accent.

[@Ramsey276one]

skygrump give the kids 10 years...

[@leonardorestrepo5196]

Doom Eternal and Animal Crossing New Horizon are being released at the same time. Both games he liked. Dual reviewwww

[@Yojack872]

I just realized why he calls it Zero Punctuation

[@Joverlordify]

the only thing this game in making money is running back and fourth from the island after catching beetles. since they are worth a lot. again again again again again. till you pay your house or town project and then start all over again. yet I played it for months. why I ask myself. then sit their unable to come up with a reason as to why.

[@xesolor]

"Prefers animal tossing"....... "Tossing" in which sense of the word?

[@dgviper482]

the sense that your thinking of you dirty lil man ;)

[@daydodog]

it took me SO LONG to figure out he wasn't saying porn shop

[@walkingcypress7314]

I know right?

[@tgsachris]

+daydodog Great, now that is all I can hear XD

[@91magro]

he didn't ?! :O

[@anthonyseboe4646]

Same.

[@ell3y0]

Pawn shop - where you sell things Porn shop - where you buy pornograhy.

[@XShadOBabeX]

"Don't start playing Animal Crossing" TOO LATE!! HAHAHA!! (goes to water her flowers) Hey also, is that thing he mentioned with the character unhinging his jaw and swallowing the guinea pig a reference to something specific, or just one of his psychotic tangents?

[@unoriginalusername1284]

No perfect town ordinance? 0/10

[@t14016807c]

***** check out "V" the 1984 series. I'm not sure if that scene is in the remade series

[@SeaTimeless]

+t14016807c They have a scene that references it but it doesn't show up directly as I recall.

[@personifiedcat]

The ending of the review really hits home. With everything going on in the world with Covid, it is just nice to play a game where my biggest issues is trying to find new fruit trees.

[@Shadoboy]

I fucking love his take on Cooking Mama.

[@NikolajLepka]

Animal Crossing actually started its life on the Nintendo 64, not the GameCube Back then however it was a Japan exclusive called "どうぶつの森" or "Animal Forest" So it is, in fact, far older than what Yahtzee makes it seem

[@NikolajLepka]

***** betrays me how?

[@electromika]

***** HAWBWJECTIONNNN!!!!! Your Honor, the prosecution's argument is invalid, as OP suggested that Animal Crossing started out as Animal Forest, therefore making it originally available on the N64, just with a different name! Ha...!

[@electromika]

***** Same concept, it's the original Animal Crossing. I ran out of words to say.

[@jackydaripper9118]

Animal Crossing is still called どいぶつの森 in japan

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

+Juan Isasi Well sure, but that's like saying Story of Seasons is a new game despite it being called Harvest Moon for almost 20 years and playing the exact same.

[@PIKATHUNDER7]

i gave the burden to my older brother because he wanted to see what all the fuss was about it thus IM FREEEEE

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

You know, that joke about German and British soldiers during WW1 exchanging street pass codes during the Christmas ceasefire was incredibly wholeseome

[@shadowfoxx15]

I get that some people don't like this game, but I think it's pretty great for an in-betweener kind of thing. I usually play it for an hour after I wake up so I can fully pull myself out of sleep and relax a bit, and I play it an hour or so before bed so I can get lots of beetles and make lots of bells because I'm in deep with the raccoon mafia. It's a very simple, sweet game. I'm currently working on my house and planning and re-coloring all the furniture I'm collecting so I can get good points with the locals who break into my house every day while I sleep to judge me.

[@WestTheBestest]

I cant stop playing this game! I have played every single day to make my town perfect. Its been almost a year, and I don't think i'll ever stop. Who needs other games, alcohol, and drugs when you have Animal Crossing.

[@Little_Lepus]

He's right. I expanded my house, because I was BORD. DEBT IS MY LIFE.

[@BFedie518]

"britischer Schwein" I love how it's obvious Yahtzee actually studied German because of the little details like adjective endings.

[@sueben]

+Brandon Fedie it's "britisches Schwein" though

[@BFedie518]

I realized that a) you're half right, and b) I misheard him. The correct ending is actually "britische Schwein," which is probably what he actually said. It would be "britisches" if there had been "ein" or something similar before "Schwein," but since there wasn't, no "s." Thank you for pointing out I was wrong, but my point still stands.

[@Marpfie]

+Brandon Fedie Nope. Only "britisches Schwein" makes sense in that sentence.

[@BFedie518]

Karpfador Just looked it up. You are correct. My bad.

[@doomguy676]

you know what i think a cool feature would be in any new installments of this game i think there should be a building where you can throw random events like a party or other stuff i think it would be cool

[@cyclos12]

It's true, we live in an actual peaceful town and Animal crossing got DULL really fast.

[@artdragons]

Am I the only one who watched the first 30 seconds and thought "Animorphs was awesome..."

[@milkspank9140]

Animorphs were awesome

[@AnnihilatorDigimon]

My name is Jake, Leader of the animorphs" Eight words I will always remember, for they have been my introduction to that amazing series that helped shape me as a kid. Also, Tobias and Ax are the best friends I have seen in any book series ever.

[@lpsp442]

Buying, playing, enjoying and *discussing the internal intricacies of an individual game of* Animal Crossing can best be seen as a cry for help.

[@FizzleFX]

2:42 *YOU NAIVE FOOL- DEPT IS YOUR LIFE* XDDD

[@CommunistLlama]

CGPgrey sent me. Im staying.

[@SceptileDude254]

Weird enough...I found a Whale Shark the first time i went to the Island.

[@unoriginalusername1284]

You can only catch them on the island, along with ribbon eels, giant trevallies, garden eels, and giant isopods. :D

[@EverythingIsMacabre]

It amazes me to no end how the quality of the videos on KZbin are better than the original uploads to The Escapist.

[@jmurray1110]

Correction animal crossing started on the N64 and was later ported to the GameCube for the international release

[@cailumgrantham-tibbitt8543]

Ah good times I remember simulating my first communist society

[@ArtyI]

Cailum grantham-tibbitt First. As in, there have been more.

[@cailumgrantham-tibbitt8543]

yes I tried it once in real life but making a communist society witha bunch of stray dogs proved very difficult

[@TheProfessor529]

Eh, AC's more capitalism but dominated by reasonably fair, small-time artisans and farmers instead of the megacorps.

[@Rhyas9]

+10 for Christmas truce and German accent. :p

[@BloodSpatterGaming]

1:15 yeah thanks for painting that picture in my mind

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

When cooking mama for switch gets announced at the same time as the New animal crossing. Yahtzee must be having a cold sweat

[@specialk8888]

Listening to the opening song in half speed songs like a Black Sabbath song

[@Roariken1]

The finale of Wandavision made me think of this video.

[@tomkenning5482]

I loaded up Animal Crossing Wild World after a year long abscence. It is a desolate wasteland. No villagers remain, just the decaying corpses of those who couldn't get out quick enough. The town gate has been torn off its hinges as Copper and Booker turn to alcoholism to deal with the fact that nobody wants to come in, and nobody is left who can escape. Tom Nook spends his days following an imaginary shopper to the endless cacophony of Nookington's theme music. Harriet is cutting the hair of a long dead skeleton, and blood lines the floor of her salon. Timmy and Tommy spend all day looking at each other unblinkingly asking why nobody wants furniture any more. Mabel's skeleton is sat at the front of the shop while Sable sews the same pattern for no reason, endlessly. Blathers is no longer asleep, for he cannot sleep due to the things he has seen. I dug up a fossil, took it to him for identification, and he identified it as the skull of Phyllis from the town hall. Celeste has committed suicide. Brewster's wings are just nubs as he has been cleaning the same cup for 6 months. If you talk to him, the only words he can muster are 'why did God abandon us?'. Tortimer spends all day speaking to imaginary residents. Pelly is upbeat as ever, seemingly unaware that the recycle bin is full of bones. Mr Resetti, now above ground, sits with his blood soaked axe saying 'I had to'. Dr. Shrunk has forgotten all emotions except sadness and fear. As I go to my house, I see the window has been put through and the words 'WHY DID YOU BETRAY US' are written in blood on my walls. And there are lots and lots of weeds.

[@stanplatford]

the window from harold and the purple crayon . you absolutely bloody legend .

[@SoshimiYT]

ENDING MADE ME LOL XD

[@MaggieCandy999]

I haven’t played this game in over a year and a half. I’m almost afraid to go back and see the disappointment in my neighbors’ eyes.

[@azeria5438]

The ending text about going back to the damned museum after catching a new fish has me in tears

[@umiluv]

Favorite line: "You naive fool! Debt is your life!" Applicable on so many levels. Lol

[@Haddsman]

Just to note that AC was at first a Japan only n64 game

[@JacobPaprotskiy1]

I feel need to point this out the equals operator in the if statement should be a == instead of a =...

[@odogg2169]

In English please

[@KazumiKiguma]

I'm not too deep in programming and out of the little practice that I had but doesn't that vary depending on language?

[@JacobPaprotskiy1]

Rukifellth The Shadow well I know that in javascript it is === instead of == but the = operator and the == operator are never interchangeable I mean think about statements like: bool variable= 12==12; could never be possible if the operators were interchangeable(though I personally would never make such statements and what not) Owen Smith maybe if I used conditional statement instead of if statement but I think they are interchangeable...

[@Redspecialist300]

Rukifellth The Shadow In most cases each programming language offers a different way of calling methods, creating a class hierarchy, ect, but among all languages = is used to represent the assignment of a value to a variable. Thus = is never used as a way of representing a Boolean, true/ false, expression. Instead, as Jacob has previously mentioned, ==, ===, and specialized methods are used to compare values as the same; not =. By the way programming is very fun and I recommend you take time to learn the skill because not only is it interesting but it will help you in real world, non- programming, situations as well.

[@godpower97]

Yeah everyone should at least know the basics of boolean algebra and what a basic script looks like, computers make way more sense with even that small amount of information.

[@DunantheDefender]

Man, that last line about games like this being good for tough times... really kinda panned out for us, di'nit?

[@Anon-yz1xr]

AKTUALLY Animal Crossing was an N64 game, it just got ported to the Gamecube when they brought it overseas.

[@cinemint]

I was going to argue with that, but I also speak Japanese so I guess you're not completely wrong lol

[@ECL28E]

One burning question. Why don't we have one of those spider-head guys in Animal Crossing?

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

Nook is a Tanuki.

[@XShadOBabeX]

He's called a raccoon in the English versions of the games. And Yahzee likely doesn't care what he actually is,

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

He is a tanuki... O)_(O

[@darubim]

I love how Pawn Shop sounds as AW were OR in this video

[@emilynelson4747]

This review is 5 bajillion times better now that I'm obsessed with the Prisoner and I could weep from how perfect it is.

[@daltonsmith433]

4:43 town will be abandoned, do you know how many creepypastas that inspired

[@greysonbourne]

will this guy ever stop being funny? i can never watch a video without laughing.

[@maphitha1]

I know this is an old video, but that whale shark crack gets me every time lol.

[@redblueandgray]

Quite a number. The Best & Worst of the year and retro reviews are a common place to find him talking about them.

[@Landaren98]

Thank you CGP-Gray for leading me here! The closer you are to real war the less you want to play wargames. Well, that’s why everyone plays animal crossing today

[@jimmyscringlo]

The Javascript (or perhaps python... they're very similar in syntax( from 1:32 to 1:38 was a nice touch.

[@PsyrenXY]

Well he IS a game developer...

[@VicvicW]

It's not Python. The syntax isn't the same. I'm not entirely sure it's JavaScript tho. How close is JavaScript to Java? Cause if they're similar in syntax, he's missed his semicolons.

[@andrewrabon]

Vicvic W In JavaScript, semicolons are (usually) optional. But best practices are to use them anyways. But it was probably just psuedocode he banged out in two seconds without caring about syntax.

[@jimmyscringlo]

Vicvic W I dunno, when I used a tutorial for Python I gave up not even half way through because it was basically Javascript. They're so similar it's insane.

[@andrewrabon]

***** Python doesn't use curly braces for if statements. ;)

[@thechazzler8934]

This made me start listening to radio head and I’m so happy

[@BushBumperBaker]

Inaccurate information :P The first Animal Crossing was on the N64 under a different title "Animal Forest" Although I guess it wasn't technically an Animal CROSSING game then was it?...

[@rensordyl3440]

No one in the western world saw it

[@KazumiKiguma]

***** But he's in Australia, that's not very West, though they see even less.

[@DarkHypernova]

Isn't Animal Crossing a port of Animal Forest?